(Quick Transmigration) Small Cannon Fodder Has Great Power

At the moment of the explosion, Gu Yunyun logged out of the plane.

Her consciousness floated in the void, like a sea of ​​stars, for a brief respite. The memories and emotions left in her mind from the previous world gradually blurred, fragments of memory flashing before her eyes and then receding into the distance, disintegrating into shimmering points of light at the end of her thoughts, twinkling like fireflies in the void.

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The moment she transmigrated to the new dimension, Gu Yunyun lay on the hard ground. The dizziness and choking pain from the original owner of the body surged back, causing her to cough involuntarily. She couldn't help but groan in discomfort.

Gu Yunyun felt someone poking her arm with something, and a clear, melodious young voice entered her ears.

"Live?"

Gu Yunyun opened her eyes with difficulty, and her vision gradually focused.

Backlit, a young man in a black robe was squatting not far away, holding a small twig in his hand. He was dressed casually, his robe loosely tied, revealing a young and muscular chest. Seeing that Gu Yunyun didn't react for a while, he stretched out his arm and poked Gu Yunyun with the twig again.

Gu Yunyun was recalling her own persona.

In this world, Gu Yunyun is called Yunniang, the adopted daughter of the village chief in a small riverside village. A tradition runs through the village: every year, an unmarried girl is chosen by drawing lots to be sacrificed to the river dragon god as a bride, praying for favorable weather, protection from natural disasters, and that the fishermen be safe from water ghosts while fishing. This year, the village chief's family was chosen. Besides Gu Yunyun, the village chief also has a biological daughter, so naturally, he chose to sacrifice his adopted daughter.

The village chief's biological daughter is the female protagonist of this world's story, whose main plot revolves around marrying into a wealthy family in town and engaging in a series of power struggles within the household. However, Gu Yunyun's mission this time has nothing to do with the male and female protagonists; she is a cannon fodder just like her original self—the object of the villagers' sacrifice—the Black Dragon.

Despite being called a dragon god, the black dragon hadn't actually transformed into a dragon, nor was it a god at all. It was simply an unfortunate creature who had been swindled out of its treasure by a human charlatan and was sealed at the bottom of the river, unable to escape. Gu Yunyun's mission this time was to rescue the black dragon and help it transform into a dragon.

Gu Yunyun coughed twice more, glancing down at her soaked wedding dress. She couldn't help but sigh at how she had started in both worlds wearing a wedding gown. The timeline she was currently in was when she was being carried away on an unsecured bamboo raft as the Dragon God's bride, swept away by a whirlpool to the bottom of the river and into the underwater cave where the Black Dragon was imprisoned.

The cave is a different world altogether. After emerging from the water, there is a flat area in front of you. Sunlight can be faintly seen through the gaps in the cave from the top of the cave. There are even some glowing moss in the cave, which makes it possible to see things with difficulty.

The boy's eyes, gleaming with a faint dark golden light, stared at Gu Yunyun. "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Feeling unwell, Gu Yunyun snapped out of her daze and focused on her target. After a moment, she feigned ignorance of the person before her and began, "Cough cough... I... I'm the bride chosen from Hexia Village this year to be sacrificed to the River Dragon God." She coughed again, struggling to catch her breath. "Who... who are you? And where is this?"

The boy in black observed her for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "Is the one sent this year an idiot?"

The boy, who had been squatting casually in front of Gu Yunyun, leaned back and sat up, roughly crossing his legs. He propped his face up with one arm on his leg and said coldly, "You said you were sent to offer to the Dragon God, so tell me, where is this, and who am I?" After saying that, he seemed a little sentimental and muttered to himself, "Another year has passed..."

"Could it be... that you are the Dragon God??" Gu Yunyun exclaimed in disbelief at the opportune moment.

The black-skinned dragon youth ignored the fear and surprise displayed by a mere mortal. He looked Gu Yunyun up and down, somewhat suspicious, "But those that floated over before were all dead. How come you're alive?"

Gu Yunyun cautiously looked up at him. "I don't know either. This year, I was chosen to be the bride sacrificed to the Dragon God. They gave me wine, and then my stomach hurt and I fainted. When I woke up, I was here." She tentatively asked, "I've already been offered to you as a bride by the villagers... So, will I serve you, Lord Dragon God, from now on?"

The boy's expression instantly changed, and he glanced at her with obvious disgust and disdain. "Hypocritical and cunning mortal, you want to be my bride? Dream on!"

Oh well, getting close to the mission objective isn't going to be so easy after all. Gu Yunyun sighed inwardly.

Because of his youthful ignorance and having lived among the mountains since childhood, the Black Dragon had never known the cunning of humans. That's why he was deceived by the sweet talk of the charlatan back then, who not only stole the precious Water-Repelling Pearl but also imprisoned him in this place for who knows how many years.

The black dragon had suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of humans, so Gu Yunyun would have to proceed step by step to gain his trust.

So Gu Yunyun first acted weak, helpless, and pitiful: "Then, will you eat me?"

The boy grinned maliciously at her, pleased to see Gu Yunyun retreat in terror. "If you don't behave, I'll eat you up!" As he spoke, a low, arrogant, and imposing growl, like that of a ferocious beast, emanated from his chest, and a dark golden light appeared in his eyes.

Gu Yunyun stammered, "Um... I... I'll be obedient, I'll be obedient, Dragon God, please don't eat me..." But in her heart, she was unconvinced by the black dragon's threat.

Gu Yunyun knew about the black dragon's background, so she wasn't worried about becoming its food. The annual sacrifice in Hexia Village was a trick orchestrated by an unscrupulous charlatan back then, designed to make the black dragon, in this place where even small fish and shrimp weren't enough to satisfy its hunger, unable to resist eating people.

If he were to devour even one human, the Black Dragon would lose any chance of transforming into a dragon and would degenerate into an evil dragon no longer protected by the Heavenly Dao. The charlatan of yesteryear did not kill him directly, skin him, pull out his tendons, and bleed him to obtain rare materials, precisely because he feared divine retribution. If he were to degenerate into an evil dragon as that despicable mortal wished, that person could kill him without any scruples.

Gu Yunyun smugly chuckled to herself, "You can't scare me, hehe!"

Suddenly, the system appeared like a ghost: "Silly girl, don't get cocky. The background only says that the Black Dragon can't eat people, but it didn't say that it can't tear you apart with its bare hands..."

Gu Yunyun: ...!!!!

In an instant, Gu Yunyun's fear became very real. Trembling and stiff, she looked up at the black dragon in front of her, which resembled a proud and handsome young man. She saw a pair of bright yellow, beast-like vertical pupils staring at her, their light glowing eerily in the dimly lit cave.

“…Eek.”

The black dragon was pleased to see the tiny human, so timid and hesitant to cry under its intimidation, tears welling in his eyes. This sight eased much of the gloom that had settled in his heart from those unpleasant memories. The bored black dragon boy suddenly realized that occasionally scaring this human for fun might be a way to relieve his boredom.